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Diana Plummer, 86, who emigrated from England to Palo Alto in 1961 to work at the Department of Computer Science at Stanford, who was a keen gardener and is remembered for her charm and her beautiful smile.

Basant Khaitan, 77, who was born in Calcutta but ventured to California in 1971 for his degree in electrical engineering and computer sciences, who went on to design the Register and Arithmetic Logic chip that was the heart of the industry’s first 16-bit microprocessor and earn two patents, who co-founded vEngines and is remembered for his commitment to his family, travel and other pursuits.

Dan Stober, 75, who was a journalist, backpacker, cyclist, family man, and adored father and husband, who was born and began his career in Florida before moving to the Bay Area to work for The Mercury News, after which he joined the Stanford News Service in 2007 as a science writer, then served as the director of news and media relations.

To read full obituaries, leave remembrances and post photos, go to Lasting Memories at mv-voice.com/obituaries.

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Sarah Wright is the editor of the Palo Alto Weekly and Palo Alto Online.

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